Mist Ejecting Toy And Mist Generating Unit

ABSTRACT

A mist ejecting-toy includes: a liquid-retaining member fixed to a toy body; a jet cylinder provided in the toy body; an ultrasound generating element having a vibrating plate fixed to a piezoelectric vibrator; and a controller to drive and control the ultrasound generating element, wherein a vibrating section of the vibrating plate is abutted against the liquid retaining member, the controller vibrates the vibrating section to generate mist particles, the mist particles are ejected from the jet cylinder, and the vibrating plate is placed at a position where a liquid drop produced by adhesion of the mist particles to the jet cylinder does not fall onto the vibrating section, so that the mist particles can be generated and ejected effectively.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a mist ejecting toy and a mistgenerating unit.

BACKGROUND ART

There is known a smoking toy in which a plate-like piezoelectric ceramicis formed with electrodes opposed to each other with the plate-likepiezoelectric ceramic interposed therebetween. The smoking toy has apiezoelectric vibrator having an atomizing application surface on whichone of the electrodes is formed, and a porous or mesh thin plate whichis at least partially opposed to the atomizing application surface witha fine gap interposed therebetween. Liquid is supplied to the fine gapbetween the atomizing application surface and the porous or mesh thinplate is atomized by a ultrasound atomizer which atomize liquid usingultrasound vibration of the piezoelectric vibrator and the atomizedliquid is discharged (e.g., patent document 1).

Patent document 1: Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-openPublication No. H5-70592

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problem to be Solved by the Invention

In the smoking toy in the patent document 1, however, since it isnecessary to dispose the porous or mesh thin plate such that it at leastpartially opposed to the atomizing application surface with the fine gapinterposed therebetween, there is a problem that it is difficult toadjust to dispose the thin plate. Even if the adjustment is made, thereis a problem that if the gap size is varied due to vibration of the toyitself or other reason, the mist particles are not generated easily.

The present invention has been accomplished in view of such problems,and it is an object of the invention to provide a mist ejecting toy anda mist generating unit capable of effectively generating and ejectingmist particles.

Means for Solving the Problems

According to a first invention, there is provided a mist ejecting toycomprising a liquid retaining member fixed to a toy body, a jet cylinderprovided in the toy body, an ultrasound generating element having avibrating plate to a piezoelectric vibrator, and a controller fordriving and controlling the ultrasound generating element, wherein avibrating section of the vibrating plate is abutted against the liquidretaining member, the controller vibrates the vibrating section togenerate mist particles, the mist particles are ejected from the jetcylinder, and the vibrating plate is placed at a position where liquiddrop produced by adhesion of the mist particles to the jet cylinder doesnot fall onto the vibrating section. According to the ultrasoundgenerating element in this case, the vibrating plate may be fixed to oneof end surfaces of the piezoelectric vibrator, or the vibrating platemay be sandwiched between two piezoelectric vibrators and the outersurfaces (opposite from the sandwiching surfaces) of the twopiezoelectric vibrators may be electrodes.

According to a second invention, in the mist ejecting toy of the firstinvention, when a silhouette of an introducing port of the jet cylinderstanding on the toy body projected directly below is conceived, thevibrating plate of the jet cylinder is disposed away from thesilhouette.

According to a third invention, in the mist ejecting toy of the first orsecond invention, the vibrating plate is disposed in such a directionthat the vibrating plate can introduce the mist particles generated inthe vibrating section into the introducing port of the jet cylinder froma diagonally lower location.

According to a fourth invention, in the mist ejecting toy of any one ofthe first to third inventions, illuminating means which illuminates themist particles is disposed in the toy body.

According to a fifth invention, in the mist ejecting toy of any one ofthe first to third inventions, illuminating means for illuminating theejecting mist particles from inside of the jet cylinder is disposed inthe toy body.

According to a sixth invention, in the mist ejecting toy of the fourthor fifth invention, the toy body is provided with a speaker whichoutputs a voice, and the controller controls the illuminating means andthe speaker in association with ejection of the mist particles so thatthe illuminating means illuminates the mist particles and the speakeroutputs a voice or changes a voice.

According to a seventh invention, in the mist ejecting toy of any one ofthe first to sixth inventions, the toy further comprises a movablemember on which the ultrasound generating element is mounted, themovable member is operated by gravity acting on the movable member tobring the vibrating section of the vibrating plate into abutment againstthe liquid retaining member, the liquid retaining member is mounted on abase frame, the liquid retaining member is fixed to the toy body throughthe base frame, and the movable member is mounted on the base frame.

According to an eighth invention, in the mist ejecting toy of theseventh invention, the movable member is mounted on the base framethrough a hinge.

A ninth invention provides a mist generating unit comprising a baseframe on which a liquid retaining member is mounted and which can bemounted on a toy body, and a movable member on which an ultrasoundgenerating element constituted by fixing a vibrating plate to one of twoend surfaces of the piezoelectric vibrator having electrodes on the twoend surfaces is mounted, and which is relatively operated with respectto the base frame to bring a vibrating section of the vibrating plateinto abutment against the liquid retaining member.

According to a tenth invention, the mist generating unit of the ninthinvention further comprises a spring, and the vibrating section of thevibrating plate is brought into abutment against the liquid retainingmember by a force of the spring acting on the movable member.

According to the mist ejecting toy of the first to eighth inventions,since the liquid retaining member and the vibrating section are abuttedagainst each other to generate the mist particles, the mist particlescan stably be generated. Since the liquid drop produced by adhesion ofthe mist particles is prevented from falling onto the vibrating section,the generation of the mist particles is not hindered by the falling ofthe liquid drop.

According to the mist ejecting toy of the second invention, since theliquid drop produced by adhesion of the mist particles is prevented fromfalling onto the vibrating section, the generation of the mist particlesis not hindered by the falling of the liquid drop.

According to the mist ejecting toy of the third invention, since themist particles generated in the vibrating section are introduced intothe introducing port of the jet cylinder from the diagonally lowerlocation, it is possible to prevent liquid drop from falling, and thejet cylinder can be used for another purpose.

According to the mist ejecting toy of the fourth and fifth inventions,since the mist particles are illuminated with light and colored, it ispossible to realize a succulent mist ejecting toy.

According to the mist ejecting toy of the sixth invention, the ejectionof the mist particles, illumination of the mist particles, output ofvoice or change of voice of the mist particles are carried out insynchronization with each other, it is possible to visually enjoy thedecorated mist particles, and to auditorily enjoy by means of a voice.The illumination may be changed (in color or in brightness) insynchronization with ejection of the mist particles.

According to the mist ejecting toy of the seventh and eighth inventions,since the liquid retaining member and the vibrating section are abuttedagainst each other by the gravity to generate the mist particles.Therefore, the liquid retaining member and the vibrating section arereliably abutted against each other, and it is possible to stablygenerate the mist particles. Further, the liquid retaining member andthe movable member are mounted on the base frame, and the ultrasoundgenerating element is mounted on the movable member. Therefore, theliquid retaining member and the ultrasound generating element can bemounted on the toy body only by mounting the base frame to the toy body,and the assembling operation of the mist ejecting toy becomes easy.

According to the mist generating unit of the ninth and tenth inventions,the liquid retaining member and the movable member are mounted on thebase frame, and the ultrasound generating element is mounted on themovable member. Therefore, the liquid retaining member and theultrasound generating element can be mounted on the toy body only bymounting the base frame to the toy body, and the assembling operation ofthe mist ejecting toy becomes easy.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a side view of a mist ejecting toy of an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the mist ejecting toy as viewed from side;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the mist ejecting toy as viewed fromfront;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a mist generating unit in the mistejecting toy;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the mist generating unit;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the mist generating unit as viewed fromside;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory perspective view of a mounting structure of aultrasound generating element to the mist generating unit;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory side view of a structure of the ultrasoundgenerating element in the mist ejecting toy;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory sectional view of a structure of a vibratingplate of the ultrasound generating element;

FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram in the mist ejecting toy; and

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a portion of the circuit diagram.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a mist ejecting toy 1 is copied from atraction engine of a steam locomotive. A motor 3 (see FIG. 10) ismounted in a toy body 2 of the mist ejecting toy 1. The motor 3 driveswheels 4 and the mist ejecting toy 1 runs. The mist ejecting toy 1 canrun manually also. The toy body 2 has a speaker 5 (see FIG. 10). Apseudo steam generating sound is output from the speaker 5. The toy body2 has a mist generating unit 6 as shown in FIG. 2. The mist generatingunit 6 atomizes particle (mist particles) 40 and the mist particles isejected from a chimney (jet cylinder) 7. The mist particles 40 eject themist particles in synchronization with the output of the pseudo steamgenerating sound. The mist particles 40 ejected from the chimney 7 isilluminated with light from inside of the chimney 7. The mist particles40 are illuminated with light in synchronization with the ejection ofthe mist particles 40. As shown in FIG. 10, the mist ejecting toy 1 isprovided with a battery 30 and switches 21, 22 and 23. Details of themist ejecting toy 1 will be explained below.

First, the mist generating unit 6 will be explained. As shown in FIGS. 4to 6, the mist generating unit 6 includes a movable member 13, and abase frame 9 which can be mounted on the toy body 2. A liquid retainingmember 8 is mounted on the base frame 9. A piezoelectric vibrator 10 isprovided at its opposite end surfaces with electrodes 10 a and 10 b, avibrating plate 11 is fixed to one end surface of the piezoelectricvibrator 10, thereby constituting an ultrasound generating element 12attached on the movable member. The movable member 13 is operated withrespect to the base frame 9, thereby bringing a vibrating section 11 aof the vibrating plate 11 into abutment against the liquid retainingmember 8.

As shown in FIG. 8, the piezoelectric vibrator 10 has a rectangularpiezoelectric ceramic 10 c. The piezoelectric vibrator 10 as apiezoelectric ceramic 10 c, the piezoelectric ceramic 10 c is formed atits opposite end surfaces with Au electrodes 10 a and 10 b, andterminals 10 d and 10 e are mounted on the Au electrodes 10 a and 10 b.The vibrating plate 11 is mounted such that a portion thereof issuperposed on one end surface of the piezoelectric vibrator 10. Aportion of the vibrating plate 11 which projects from the piezoelectricvibrator 10 constitutes the vibrating section 11 a. As shown in FIG. 9,the vibrating section 11 a is formed with a large number of fine holes11 b such as to penetrate the vibrating section 11 a in its thicknessdirection. Each hole 11 b is tapered toward the ejection side of themist particles 40. A sponge is used as the liquid retaining member 8 forexample.

The base frame 9 is mounted on the toy body 2 through a screw (notshown) which passes through a through hole 9 a. The liquid retainingmember 8 is fitted and mounted to the base frame 9 from below (oppositeside from the movable member 13) in FIG. 6. A portion of the liquidretaining member 8 is led out to the upper side of the base frame 9. Inthis case, it is not always necessary to mount the entire liquidretaining member 8 to be used on the base frame 9 only if a minimumportion is mounted on the base frame 9. For example, only a portion ofthe liquid retaining member 8 which is abutted against the vibratingsection 11 a may be mounted on the base frame 9. In this case, since theliquid retaining amount is reduced, it is preferable that another liquidretaining member 8 is provided on a lower side of the base frame 9. Theliquid retaining member 8 is replenished with water or the like using adropping syringe for example. The replenish using the dropping syringeis not especially limited, but the liquid retaining member 8 isreplenished with water through a dropping syringe inserting hole formedin the toy body 2. When another liquid retaining member that isdifferent from the liquid retaining member 8 which corresponds to theportion abutting against the vibrating section 11 a is provided, aliquid retaining member container for accommodating this other liquidretaining member is detachably attached to the toy body 2, the liquidretaining member is moistened with water and then, the liquid retainingmember is mounted from below the toy body 2 and brought into abutmentagainst the liquid retaining member 8, and the liquid retaining membermay be replenished with water. A tank may be provided, and water usedfor moisten the liquid retaining member 8 corresponding to the portionabutting against the vibrating section 11 a may be stored. When the tankis provided, if the mist ejecting toy 1 is inclined, it should be notedthat liquid may leak.

The movable member 13 is mounted on the base frame 9 through a hinge 14.That is, the mist ejecting toy 1 is mounted on the base frame 9 so thatthe movable member 13 can turn around a shaft 14 a. An ultrasoundgenerating element 12 is mounted on a tip end of the movable member 13.That is, the movable member 13 is provided at its tip end with anaccommodating recess 13 a of the rectangular piezoelectric vibrator 10whose upper side and tip end are opened. A lower side of thepiezoelectric vibrator 10 is fitted into the accommodating recess 13 a.In this case, if the entire surface of the piezoelectric vibrator 10comes into contact with a bottom surface of the accommodating recess 13a, there is a danger that the piezoelectric vibrator 10 does notvibrate. Hence, a plurality of abutting portions 13 b which come intocontact only with a portion of a side peripheral of the one of thesurfaces of the piezoelectric vibrator 10 are provided on the bottomsurface of the accommodating recess 13 a. The movable member 13 isprovided at its tip end with a lid body 13 c for covering theaccommodating recess 13 a from above. The lid body 13 c is also providedwith abutting portions 13 d which come into contact only with portionsof the side periphery of the other surface of the piezoelectric vibrator10. Screws (not shown) passing through the through holes 13 e arethreadedly engaged with the screw holes 13 f, respectively, therebymounting the lid body 13 c on the movable member 13.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the vibrating section 11 a of the vibratingplate 11 projects from the tip end of the movable member 13 when theultrasound generating element 12 is mounted on the movable member 13.When the movable member 13 is closed with respect to the base frame 9,the vibrating section 11 a abuts against the liquid retaining member 8.In this case, the movable member 13 may be constituted such that itautomatically closes with respect to the base frame 9 by gravity actingon the movable member 13. Further, the movable member 13 may beconstituted such that a spring is mounted between the movable member 13and the base frame 9, and the movable member 13 is biased in its closingdirection with respect to the base frame 9 by the spring force.

The mist generating unit 6 having the above-described structure isplaced at a position where liquid produced by adhesion of the mistparticles does not drop onto the vibrating section 11 a. As shown inFIG. 2 for example, when a silhouette of an introducing port of thechimney 7 for the mist particles 40 standing on the toy body 2 projecteddirectly below is conceived, the mist generating unit 6 is disposed suchthat the vibrating plate 11 is located away from the silhouette. Themist generating unit 6 is disposed such that mist particles 40 generatedby the vibrating section 11 a can effectively be introduced into theintroducing port of the chimney 7. As shown in FIG. 2 for example, themist generating unit 6 is disposed in such a direction that thevibrating plate 11 can introduce the mist particles 40 into theintroducing port of the chimney 7 from diagonally lower location.

Illuminating means 16 for illuminating the mist particles 40 is disposedin the toy body 2. The illuminating means 16 illuminate the ejectingmist particles 40 from inside of the chimney 7. The illuminating means16 is not especially limited, but a light-emitting diode 16 a is used.When a silhouette of the introducing port of the chimney 7 for the mistparticles 40 projected directly below is conceived, if thelight-emitting diode 16 a is disposed in the silhouette, a transparentwaterproofing cover is put on the chimney 7 so that liquid does not dropfrom the chimney 7. In the case of the embodiment, since the toy is thetraction engine in the steam locomotive, a red light-emitting diode isused as the light-emitting diode 16 a. In the case of the redlight-emitting diode, since the inside of the chimney 7 and lower sidesof the ejected mist particles 40 are colored with red, the redlight-emitting diode create such an image that an internal combustionengine is operated in the toy body 2. A red filter, a red transparentcover or a red mirror may be used instead of using the redlight-emitting diode. The inside of the chimney 7 and the ejecting mistparticles 40 may be illuminated with another color of course. In such acase, a fantastic image can be created. An electric bulb may be usedinstead of the light-emitting diode 16 a.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a circuit applied to the mist ejecting toy 1of the embodiment.

In the drawing, a symbol 20 represents a control IC, and symbols 21, 22and 23 represent the switches.

The switch 21 is a mode switch 21. The mode switch 21 is provided in thetoy body 2 and is artificially operated. As shown in FIG. 11, theself-excited circuit 21 can assume three positions from a position 1 toa position 3. In the position 1, both the motor 3 and a self-excitedcircuit 21 can be operated. In the position 2, the motor 3 can not beoperated and the self-excited circuit 21 can be operated. Theself-excited circuit 21 assumes the position 2 when the mist ejectingtoy 1 runs manually. In the position 3, both the motor 3 andself-excited circuit 21, can not be operated. The self-excited circuit21 assumes the position 3 when a power supply is turned OFF.

The switch 22 is operated when the wheels 4 of the mist ejecting toy 1rotate. The switch 22 is operated by cams provided on rotation shafts ofthe wheels 4 and cams integrally provided on the wheels 4. The switch 22is thrown whenever the wheel 4 rotates once. When the switch 22 isthrown, a self-excited excitation circuit 24 is driven by the controlIC20, the vibrating plate 11 of the ultrasound generating element 12vibrates and the mist particles 40 are generated. With this, thelight-emitting diode 16 a which is the 116 is lit by the control IC20,and steam generating sound is output from the speaker 5. The switch 23is thrown by a manual operation. When the switch 23 is thrown, soundother than the steam generating sound is output from the speaker 5. Theswitch 23 is thrown temporarily. That is, if a person pushes a buttonfor throwing the switch 23 with his or her hand and moves the hand offthe button, the switch 23 returns to its original position.

Along them, the self-excited excitation circuit 24 will be explained.The self-excited excitation circuit 24 has a current feedbacktransformer. If the self-excited excitation circuit is employed, anadjusting element such as a tuned circuit is unnecessary, and a drivingcircuit having both oscillation and drive can simply be constituted. Theself-excited excitation circuit 24 is driven when a driving transistor(e.g., NPN transistor) 25 is turned ON. The driving IC 25 is turned ONwhen the s22 is thrown. In this case, whenever the switch 22 is thrown,the driving transistor 25 may be driven by the control IC20 forpredetermined time, or the whenever the number of throwing times of theswitch 22 reaches predetermined times, the driving transistor 25 may bedriven for predetermined time by the control IC20. When the switches 22and 23 are thrown at the same timing or close timing, a sound based onthe throwing of the switch 23 is output with high priority. In thiscase, the light-emitting diode 16 a is not lit by the control IC20.

The total operation of the circuit having the above-described structurewill be explained. When the mode switch 21 assumes the position 1, themotor 3 is driven and the mist ejecting toy 1 automatically runs. Atthat time, as the wheels 4 rotate, the driving transistor 25 is turnedON and with this, the ultrasound generating element 12 is driven and themist particles 40 are generated. A pseudo steam generating sound isoutput from the speaker 5 based on sound data stored in the controlIC20, and the light-emitting diode 16 a is lit.

When the mode switch 21 assumes the position 2, the mist ejecting toy 1runs manually, the driving transistor 25 is turned ON as the wheels 4rotate and with this, the ultrasound generating element 12 is driven andthe mist particles 40 are generated. At that time, a pseudo steamgenerating sound is output from the speaker 5 based on the sound datastored in the control IC20, and the light-emitting diode 16 a is lit.

If the switch 23 is thrown in the position 1 and the position 2, the toyspeaks for predetermined time. For example, a sound “I am a locomotive0000 (name)” or “I am now passing through OO (name of place)” is output.When the switch 23 is thrown, the toy speaks with precedence over thepseudo steam generating sound.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been explainedabove, the invention is not limited to the embodiment, and variousmodifications can be made within a range not departing from the subjectmatter.

For example, a core can be placed in the jet cylinder and the mistparticles 40 can be ejected in a form of a ring. In the case of theembodiment, a guide plate for introducing the mist particles 40 also toa lower portion of the vehicle body may be provided and the mistparticles 40 may be ejected from the lower side of the vehicle body. Asmoke reservoir may be provided, and if this is intermittently pushedout by a piston or the like, the mist particles 40 can be ejectedintermittently.

Although the invention is applied to the traction engine of the steamlocomotive in this embodiment, the invention can also be applied toother toys such as an automobile toy. In the case of the automobile toy,a tractor toy or a ship toy, if the mist particles 40 are ejected froman exhaust cylinder, the toy can be close to a real one. In the case ofa fountain, if the mist particles are ejected from a jet cylinder whichlooks like a nozzle, an image that a fountain is actually operating canbe created.

According to the embodiment, the ultrasound generating element 12 hassuch a structure that the vibrating plate 11 is fixed to one of the endsurfaces of the piezoelectric vibrator 10, the vibrating plate may besandwiched between two piezoelectric vibrators, and outer surfaces(opposite from the sandwiching surfaces) of the two piezoelectricvibrators may be formed as electrodes.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The invention of the present Application can preferably be utilized fora mist ejecting toy and a mist generating unit capable of generating andejecting mist particles.

1. A mist ejecting toy comprising: a liquid retaining member fixed to atoy body; a jet cylinder provided in the toy body; an ultrasoundgenerating element having a vibrating plate fixed to a piezoelectricvibrator; and a controller to drive and control the ultrasoundgenerating element, wherein a vibrating section of the vibrating plateis abutted against the liquid retaining member, the controller vibratesthe vibrating section to generate mist particles, the mist particles areejected from the jet cylinder, and the vibrating plate is placed at aposition where a liquid drop produced by adhesion of the mist particlesto the jet cylinder does not fall onto the vibrating section.
 2. Themist ejecting toy according to claim 1, wherein when a silhouette of anintroducing port of the jet cylinder standing on the toy body projecteddirectly below is conceived, the vibrating plate is disposed away fromthe silhouette.
 3. The mist ejecting toy according to claim 1, whereinthe vibrating plate is disposed in such a direction that the vibratingplate can introduce the mist particles generated in the vibratingsection into an introducing port of the jet cylinder from a diagonallylower location.
 4. The mist ejecting toy according to claim 1, whereinilluminating means to illuminate the mist particles is disposed in thetoy body.
 5. The mist ejecting toy according to claim 1, whereinilluminating means to illuminate the ejected mist particles from insideof the jet cylinder is disposed in the toy body.
 6. The mist ejectingtoy according to claim 4, wherein the toy body is provided with aspeaker to output a voice, and the controller controls the illuminatingmeans and the speaker so that the illuminating means illuminates themist particles and the speaker outputs a voice or changes a voice inassociation with ejection of the mist particles.
 7. The mist ejectingtoy according to claim 1, further comprising a movable member on whichthe ultrasound generating element is mounted, wherein the movable memberis operated by gravity acting on the movable member to bring thevibrating section of the vibrating plate into abutment against theliquid retaining member, and the liquid retaining member is mounted on abase frame, the liquid retaining member is fixed to the toy body throughthe base frame, and the movable member is mounted on the base frame. 8.The mist ejecting toy according to claim 7, wherein the movable memberis mounted on the base frame through a hinge.
 9. A mist generating unitcomprising a base frame on which a liquid retaining member is mountedand which is mountable on a toy body, and a movable member on which anultrasound generating element constituted by fixing a vibrating plate toone of two end surfaces of the piezoelectric vibrator having electrodeson the two end surfaces is mounted, and which relatively moves withrespect to the base frame to bring a vibrating section of the vibratingplate into abutment against the liquid retaining member.
 10. The mistgenerating unit according to claim 9, further comprising a spring,wherein the vibrating section of the vibrating plate is brought intoabutment against the liquid retaining member by a force of the springacting on the movable member.
 11. The mist ejecting toy according toclaim 2, wherein the vibrating plate is disposed in such a directionthat the vibrating plate can introduce the mist particles generated inthe vibrating section into an introducing port of the jet cylinder froma diagonally lower location.
 12. The mist ejecting toy according toclaim 2, wherein illuminating means to illuminate the mist particles isdisposed in the toy body.
 13. The mist ejecting toy according to claim3, wherein illuminating means to illuminate the mist particles isdisposed in the toy body.
 14. The mist ejecting toy according to claim2, wherein illuminating means to illuminate the ejected mist particlesfrom inside of the jet cylinder is disposed in the toy body.
 15. Themist ejecting toy according to claim 3, wherein illuminating means toilluminate the ejected mist particles from inside of the jet cylinder isdisposed in the toy body.
 16. The mist ejecting toy according to claim5, wherein the toy body is provided with a speaker to output a voice,and the controller controls the illuminating means and the speaker sothat the illuminating means illuminates the mist particles and thespeaker outputs a voice or changes a voice in association with ejectionof the mist particles.
 17. The mist ejecting toy according to claim 2,further comprising a movable member on which the ultrasound generatingelement is mounted, wherein the movable member is operated by gravityacting on the movable member to bring the vibrating section of thevibrating plate into abutment against the liquid retaining member, andthe liquid retaining member is mounted on a base frame, the liquidretaining member is fixed to the toy body through the base frame, andthe movable member is mounted on the base frame.
 18. The mist ejectingtoy according to claim 3, further comprising a movable member on whichthe ultrasound generating element is mounted, wherein the movable memberis operated by gravity acting on the movable member to bring thevibrating section of the vibrating plate into abutment against theliquid retaining member, and the liquid retaining member is mounted on abase frame, the liquid retaining member is fixed to the toy body throughthe base frame, and the movable member is mounted on the base frame. 19.The mist ejecting toy according to claim 4, further comprising a movablemember on which the ultrasound generating element is mounted, whereinthe movable member is operated by gravity acting on the movable memberto bring the vibrating section of the vibrating plate into abutmentagainst the liquid retaining member, and the liquid retaining member ismounted on a base frame, the liquid retaining member is fixed to the toybody through the base frame, and the movable member is mounted on thebase frame.
 20. The mist ejecting toy according to claim 5, furthercomprising a movable member on which the ultrasound generating elementis mounted, wherein the movable member is operated by gravity acting onthe movable member to bring the vibrating section of the vibrating plateinto abutment against the liquid retaining member, and the liquidretaining member is mounted on a base frame, the liquid retaining memberis fixed to the toy body through the base frame, and the movable memberis mounted on the base frame.
 21. The mist ejecting toy according toclaim 6, further comprising a movable member on which the ultrasoundgenerating element is mounted, wherein the movable member is operated bygravity acting on the movable member to bring the vibrating section ofthe vibrating plate into abutment against the liquid retaining member,and the liquid retaining member is mounted on a base frame, the liquidretaining member is fixed to the toy body through the base frame, andthe movable member is mounted on the base frame.